Same Intensity, Different Party

The Intention of Extremity Narratives

Democracy wasn’t rebuilt when attacked, it was big glass towers by insurance companies paying corporate contractors back by government guarantees — that’s who the flag is wave thank you for [Photo by Lukas Zischke on Unsplash]

Raise your hand if you think that the far left is composed of Bernie and AOC? How many others in congress are “far out there” on the left? How many Democrats are more moderate and centrists? I’m curious to know from Democrats of liberals.

Why only them? Because to the Republicans, I already know the answer: all of them. That’s the answer I would give when describing the “far right”. Or at least I would say 67%, as reflected by the poll of voters who believe that the 2020 election was stolen.

But to them it probably is just a few, especially outside the traditional South. I haven’t polled them but can imagine that they think McCarthy is a moderate Republican in his beliefs, sort of Californian, and Mitch is moderate as well. Forget what you think as a Democrat, non-political progressive or liberal, non-voting centrist, as there certainly are plenty of people not fond of either “side.” I’m just thinking how Democrats and Republicans see extremes in their own party and how big that extreme is, on a gut reaction.

I know what I feel: there is far too few progressive fighting for real change, the poor and civil rights on the left. I think the Republicans, or half of them maybe, might feel the same way. There just aren’t enough people fighting, many in their party are being silent…